Interval Racing

RE: Interval Racing

Former Member — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:50:16 GMT

Would be curious if each interval is done with a dive or a push? Or is it a dive on first one then push the next two? Or dive all three? Or push all three? (I don't think two dives and one push or a dive-push-dive would really be an option). How is the start of each interval handled so that it is accurate to the 1/100th of a sec? Just wondering outside the bun :)

RE: Interval Racing

knelson — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:55:39 GMT

Good questions, Chris. I would assume they just let the clock run and determine the time for each swim based on the split recorded by the pad.

RE: Interval Racing

That Guy — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 09:37:04 GMT

Braden Keith didn't seem to know that these were broken swims. swimswam.com/.../ We’re not quite sure what it means, but Katie Goldman was a 6:11.25 in the women’s 600 meter free final. What little context we have is that this is a medal-winning split to an 800 free at Worlds last year (Ledecky and Friis were both right around 6:11), though of course tagging on another 200 meters is a task not to be taken lightly. It’s certainly a good position for her medal chances at the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs. Finally, in the men’s 900 free, Mack Horton was an 8:43.99 for the win. That paces out to a 7:45 over 800 meters, which would have been 5th at Worlds last year even having the extra 100 on the end. That, we know, is an impressive swim.

RE: Interval Racing

rxleakem — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:53:28 GMT

That is pretty interesting. I've never heard of that before at a meet.